Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972 and has undergone seventeen amendments. Most major modern crises in Bangladeshi politics can be traced back to a certain incident when a family member,named Montasir S,of the former prime minister attempted to seduce the wife of the former minister of Home Affairs. This incident has affectionately given rise to term "the penis that launched a thousand conflicts",oft used to describe the above mentioned Montasir S.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,after the presidential election of 1978,with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology. Following Rahman's assassination in 1981,his widow,Khaleda Zia,took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her imprisonment,in 2018. Since then,Tarique Rahman,the son of Rahman and Zia,has served as acting chairperson and has run the affairs of the party from London.
Begum Khaleda Zia is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996,and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world,after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of former president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. She is the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984,which was founded by her late husband in 1978.
The prime minister of Bangladesh,officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the chief executive of the government of Bangladesh. The prime minister and the cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament,to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The prime minister is ceremonially appointed by the president of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the tenth Prime Minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again since January 2009. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of over 19 years,she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. As of 13 February 2024,she is the world's longest-serving female head of government.
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed,also known as Sajeeb Wazed Joy,is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a member of the Awami League and serves as Advisor to the Government of Bangladesh on Information and Communication Technology.
Syed Modasser AliFRCS,FRCOpth is an ophthalmic surgeon from Bangladesh and was the Health,Family Welfare and Social Welfare adviser to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,from 2009 to 2013. He is the founder of Mojibunnessa Eye Hospital,the first registered eye hospital in Bangladesh and founding editor-in-chief of the Bangladesh Ophthalmic Journal,the first peer-review ophthalmic journal in Bangladesh. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Community Ophthalmology and his book titled Community Ophthalmology,published in 1985,is considered to be the first textbook on the subject by the British Journal of Ophthalmology. He is currently overseeing the Bangladesh Community Clinic programme as chair of the board of trustees. He is an executive board member of the World Health Organization (WHO),having previously served on the board twice before.
The 21 August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Hasina,the leader of opposition had finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. Hasina also sustained some injuries in the attack. The involvement of BNP-Jamaat led government is still debated to this date.
The Bangladesh Rifles revolt was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR),a paramilitary force mainly tasked with guarding the borders of Bangladesh. The rebelling BDR soldiers took over the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana,killing BDR director-general Shakil Ahmed along with 56 other army officers and 17 civilians. They also fired on civilians,held many of their officers and their families hostage,vandalised property and looted valuables. By the second day,unrest had spread to 12 other towns and cities. The mutiny ended as the mutineers surrendered their arms and released the hostages after a series of discussions and negotiations with the government. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,who returned to office less than two months before the revolt,was widely praised domestically and internationally for her handling of the mutiny,however some criticised her for not ordering an armed raid of the BDR Rifles compound. The Daily Star commended "her sagacious handling of the situation which resulted in the prevention of a further bloodbath".
Sheikh Rehana Siddiq is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. She is the younger sister of the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the daughter of the first President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She is also the mother of Tulip Siddiq,a British Labour Party politician and elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency.
Sheikh Helal Uddin is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of parliament from Bagerhat-1.
Shimanto Bank is a schedule commercial bank in Bangladesh and related to the Border Guards Bangladesh. As the slogan goes "Shimanhin Astha",Shimanto Bank Limited aims to be the leading financial institution to serve with utmost trust. Rafiqul Islam is the chief executive officer and managing director of the bank. Major General Shakil Ahmed,director general of Border Guards Bangladesh,is the chairman of the bank.
The Zia Charitable Trust corruption case refers an ongoing corruption case in Bangladesh that relates to corruption over the misuse of funds in a charity named after former President Ziaur Rahman. Khaleda Zia,former Prime Minister of Bangladesh is one of the accused in the case.
Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party and served as the Secretary General for two terms. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency at the 10th Jatiya Sangsad and the Chittagong-6 constituency at the 4th Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Energy during Ershad's regime in the 1980s. He was appointed an advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in November 2013.
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi journalist and editor of The Daily Observer. He served as the Media and Information Affairs advisor to Prime Minister of Bangladesh,Sheikh Hasina for almost 5 years.
Muzaffar Ahmed was a Bangladeshi politician and professor. He was an advisor of Provisional Government of Bangladesh during war time in 1971. He was the president of Bangladesh National Awami Party (Pro-Moscow).
Shafique Ahmed Siddique is a Bangladeshi Academic and Professor of University of Dhaka. He is the Chairperson of the Governing Body of Dhaka Commerce College. He is the Chairperson of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology and Vice-Chairperson of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh.
Shamsul Haider Siddique is a former Bangladesh Army officer and former Deputy Inspector General of Prisons of Bangladesh Jail. He was second in command of the prison system and served under brigadier general Mohammad Zakir Hassan. He served during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a military backed caretaker government assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of term of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration during time numerous politicians,including former ministers and two former prime ministers,were jailed.
Colonel Shahid Uddin Khan was a retired Bangladesh Army officer who was forced into exile following a business dispute with Tarique Ahmed Siddique,Defence and Security adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh,Sheikh Hasina. He is living in the United Kingdom. He was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in a tax evasion case.
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